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This week’s Life 3.0: Remember the teen years, when self-worth was largely based on the number of birthday party invitations you got? Kids collected friends like Garbage Pail Kids. Common interests weren’t important. Depth didn’t matter. A desire to be liked ruled. Then you grow up, and friendships change. You want someone you can talk […]
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This week’s Life 3.0. I’m too old to sit on the lawn during a Dave Matthews concert, “crash” on anyone’s floor (or couch, for that matter) and, as I learned last weekend, be on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs after dark. Everyone has a moment — an experience — that just makes them feel old. […]
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Today’s Life 3.0 column I pulled away the wrapping paper to reveal a cut glass vase. Cut glass? I’m more of a pottery girl. How, after two years, did he not notice nothing in my home says “ornate”? “You like it?” he asked. How to answer? Getting a gift you don’t care for can create […]
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Sunday’s Life 3.0 column. Six months after securing my first “real” job (baby-sitting didn’t count), tax time came. I handed my W-2 and other necessary forms to my dad, figuring he’d sharpen his pencil, poke at the calculator a bit, and then I’d get my federal and state return checks in a few weeks. It […]
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This weekend’s Life 3.0 column. Keeping score. In sports, it’s necessary. In relationships, tallying is immature. Tracking tasks is not reserved for romantic pairings. Yet everybody does it. Your sister says she spends more time and energy nursing your sick parents. Your wife notes how often she leaves work to pick up the kids and […]
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